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roue

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See also: roué

English

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Noun

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roue (plural roues)

  1. Alternative spelling of roué.

Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton roe, from Proto-Brythonic *rruɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreimos; akin to Old Cornish ruy (whence Cornish ruw) and Welsh rhwyf (“king, leader”).

Replaced Old Breton ri, which was akin to Middle Welsh rhi, Irish rí, Scottish Gaelic rìgh, and Gaulish -rix, -rēx.

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Noun

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roue m (plural rouanez)

  1. king
  2. bass (fish)

Franco-Provençal

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roue (plural roue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

  1. alternative form of roua (“wheel”)

References

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  • roue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French ruee, from earlier rode, from Latin rota. The current form may have been influenced by rouer and rouelle.

Doublet of rote, a borrowing from Medieval Latin.

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Noun

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roue f (plural roues)

  1. a wheel
    Une roue de vélo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
    Roue de moulin: mill wheel.
    Roue dentée (or engrenage): toothed wheel, cogwheel
  2. the breaking wheel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: rou
  • ⇒ Mauritian Creole: larou

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish remib.

Pronoun

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roue

  1. third-person plural of roish
    before them

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